Date
Gender Masculine
Usage Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced Pron. /ro.ˈbɛr.to/(Italian) /ro.ˈβeɾ.to/(Spanish) /ʁu.ˈbɛɾ.tu/(European Portuguese) /ho.ˈbɛx.tu/(Brazilian Portuguese)
Meaning & History
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Robert. Saint Roberto Bellarmine was a 16th-century cardinal who is regarded as a Doctor of the Church. Another famous bearer was Roberto de Nobili (1577-1656), a Jesuit missionary to India.